DCB players mugging for camera while volunteering at Bottineau special olympics on saturday. kids had fun and for a great cause.

DCB football players earn academic honors

DCB football had 9 students honored for their academic achievements in fall, 2016.

Congratulations to John Jones III, Marquan Jones, Ty Ham, Derek Valdez, Cedric Terry, and Nathaniel Alexander for being named to the Fall, 2016 academic honor roll.

Congratulations to Justin Marshall, Trent Postma, and Spencer Dorsey for being named to the Dean's List for Fall, 2016,

Jacob Clair named to all-american football team for NJCAA

The NJCAA recently released their all-american teams in football for the 2016 season and DCB sophomore WR Jacob Clair made the team as an honorable mention selection.  Jacob had 47 receptions for 1014 yards and 13 touchdowns in 8 games this season for the Lumberjacks, adding a 14^th touchdown on a punt return as well.  According to the NJCAA stats website, there were only two receivers in the entire NJCAA who finished with over 1000 yards receiving this year, Jacob being one of them.

The complete list of all americans is listed  at http://www.njcaa.org/sports/fball/2016-17/all-americans/index

Congratulations Jacob.

DCB players named all division

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference recently released their 2016 all Division teams and DCB was well represented on the West Division team.

Making the first team were Jacob Clair, Trent Postma, and James Newman

Jacob Clair, a sophomore transfer this year, caught 47 footballs for 1014 yards (21.6 yard average!) and scored 14 TD’s this year for the Lumberjacks.  He is from Louisville, Kentucky

Trent Posta, a freshman from Lynden, Washington, had 74 tackles, 5 sacks, and 11 Tackles for loss this year.  He also intercepted a pass against North Dakota Science that led to the game winning field goal to give the Lumberjacks back the “Lumbercat” trophy in their regular season meeting/

James Newman, a freshman from Loyola HS in Detroit, Michigan, was the Lumberjacks’ most consistent Offensive Lineman and leader of the offensive line.

Named second team all MCAC Western Division were Defensive Back John Jones, Defensive End Nik Madourie, Defensive Back Xavier Sheppard, Running Back Art Nelson, and Punter Ty Ham

Honorable mention selections were Offensive Lineman Tyler Manuel, Defensive Lineman Keishawn Hayden, Linebacker Elijah MacMillon, Defensive Lineman Michael Stuhldreer, and Quarterback Ja’Vonte Johnson.

Congratulations to all the recipients.

DCB falls in MCAC Quarterfinals

In a wild and exciting game on Saturday, North Dakota Science defeated the DCB Lumberjacks 40-33 in the Quarterfinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Playoffs.

DCB got on the scoreboard first before a turnover and long drive gave ND Science a 14-7 lead.  The Lumberjacks came back with a Nick Madourie leaping interception for a touchdown to lead 19-17 at halftime.  ND Science had some long drives in the second half and led 33-19 with about 11 minutes left.  DCB then had two solid defensive stands that gave the Lumberjacks the ball inside the ND Science 30 yard line twice to allow the Lumberjacks to drive and tie the game at 33 with 5 minutes to go.  ND Science put a drive together to take the lead with 2 minutes remaining.  DCB drove all the way down to the ND Science 1 yard line, but a dropped shotgun snap and a couple of penalties did not let the Lumberjacks cross the goal line and the game and season was over.

DCB played very well over the last half of the season, overcoming a 1-3 start to come within a whisker of beating the regular season champions on their home field.  The Lumberjacks will now say goodbye to their sophomores, prepare their freshmen for their second year of competition, and recruit to improve on this season and continue the momentum over the past 4 seasons, a stretch in which DCB has had a record of 26-15, 3 playoff appearances, and two NJCAA bowl bids.  With the group that will be returning from a very young and inexperienced team, the future looks bright.